SA’s own Summer Glau joins ‘Dollhouse’

As a Joss Whedon fan, I really dig “Dollhouse” for two obvious reasons: its white-hot star Eliza Dushku and the creative fire Whedon brings to his show about programmable pretty people. Yes, it got off to a clunky start, but it found its legs about a third of the way through and just rocked the bar higher with each subsequent episode.

Well, thank the heavens Fox renewed “Dollhouse” for a second season, which starts Sept. 25. And thank the geek gods we’ll see “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” star and San Antonio native Summer Glau in the show’s sophomore run. EW reports Glau will star as Bennett, a Dollhouse staffer who has history with Dushku’s character Echo.

Of course, Glau’s no stranger to Whedon fans. She also starred in Whedon’s beloved “Firefly” as River Tam.